Re: Cutting Daffodils


"Broadback" <wen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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JennyC wrote:
"doobydoobydo" <sclarke624@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote >
"Sacha" <sacha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in

naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they
grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
Sacha

What a good idea a cutting garden.

Thanks Sacha and Michael for the answer.
sheila


Nice idea here :~)
http://gardengal.net/page108.html
Jenny


Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next year, I
have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I suspect that
one year they will cut too early and I will have no flowers the next year!

<guess>

It may be possible to compensate for early cutting by giving them
a sprinkle of a specially formulated low nitrogen fertiliser a few
weeks beforehand, or at some other time in the year. Not-cutting is
maybe the ideal solution where foliage won't be an eyesore, and is
always stressed because it goes against "common sense" - keeping
everything in the garden as tidy-looking as possible. Much might
also depend presumably, on the overall fertility of the site, the
amount of sunshine it gets - full sun would be better than partial
shade etc and the amount of rainfall. They may also be buying daffs by
the ton and doing secret replantings overnight when nobodies around.
Or just doing regular digging-up and splitting. Much industrial scale
gardening may looks callous and unthinking, but there's often a lot
of sound method behind it, which often goes unnoticed.

</guess>


michael adams

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